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[v2,2/3] doc: update kpt_restrict documentation

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Tobin Harding Dec. 17, 2017, 10:30 p.m. UTC
Recently the behaviour of printk specifier %pK was changed. The
documentation does not currently mirror this.

Update documentation for sysctl kpt_restrict.

Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <me@tobin.cc>
---
 Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

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Randy Dunlap Dec. 18, 2017, 2:48 a.m. UTC | #1
On 12/17/2017 02:30 PM, Tobin C. Harding wrote:
> Recently the behaviour of printk specifier %pK was changed. The
> documentation does not currently mirror this.
> 
> Update documentation for sysctl kpt_restrict.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <me@tobin.cc>
> ---
>  Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
> index 63663039acb7..6b039aa1427a 100644
> --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
> @@ -391,7 +391,8 @@ kptr_restrict:
>  This toggle indicates whether restrictions are placed on
>  exposing kernel addresses via /proc and other interfaces.
>  
> -When kptr_restrict is set to (0), the default, there are no restrictions.
> +When kptr_restrict is set to (0), the default, the address is hashed before

how about:
                      is set to 0 (the default),
or
                      is set to (0) [the default],


> +printing. (This is the equivalent to %p.)
>  
>  When kptr_restrict is set to (1), kernel pointers printed using the %pK
>  format specifier will be replaced with 0's unless the user has CAP_SYSLOG
>
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diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index 63663039acb7..6b039aa1427a 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -391,7 +391,8 @@  kptr_restrict:
 This toggle indicates whether restrictions are placed on
 exposing kernel addresses via /proc and other interfaces.
 
-When kptr_restrict is set to (0), the default, there are no restrictions.
+When kptr_restrict is set to (0), the default, the address is hashed before
+printing. (This is the equivalent to %p.)
 
 When kptr_restrict is set to (1), kernel pointers printed using the %pK
 format specifier will be replaced with 0's unless the user has CAP_SYSLOG